Online Privacy Guide for Journalists 2017

15 Aug 2017

You can see the eBook PDF-version of this guide here. 1. Introduction Many veteran journalists, but not only these, surely noticed that we are all of a sudden bombarded again from all-over with mentions of Watergate. Books like...

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Contaminated eggs show continuing problems with supply chain

15 Aug 2017

Lisa Jack, University of Portsmouth Another food scandal: this time eggs used for making sandwiches and other processed products that contain traces of an insecticide called fipronil. Fipronil is banned in human food production because it...

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Why title deeds aren’t the solution to South Africa’s land tenure problem

15 Aug 2017

Ben Cousins, University of the Western Cape The conventional view is that insecurity of land tenure results from the lack of a registered title deed which records the property rights of occupants of land or housing....

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The African middle class matters: but not for the reasons commonly put forward

15 Aug 2017

“The debate about Africa’s middle class has largely ignored earlier analyses on African elites. Shutterstock.” Henning Melber, University of Pretoria These days the African middle class is widely discussed as a phenomenon considered indicative of social...

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South Africa/Nigeria travelers suffer painfully high roaming charges

8 Aug 2017

Ujuh Correspondent South African and Nigerian authorities should hang their heads in shame for allowing the ludicrously high mobile telecoms roaming charges suffered by travellers from between the two countries. If you are not careful enough you could...

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Chilling message to Uber from South African taxi driver has global echo

3 Aug 2017

“Uber is not welcomed here. Not in Italy… We don’t know where they pay their taxes. We hear that they pay their taxes in the Camen Islands. They must do business where they pay their taxes.”...

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South African business must own up to its part in the corruption scandals

3 Aug 2017

Mills Soko, University of Cape Town South Africa is reeling from a string of scandals involving state owned enterprises and the Guptas, a family with close ties to President Jacob Zuma. A trove of recently leaked...

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The ‘civilised man’ versus the ‘barbarian’: Is it a matter of Western prejudice?

28 Jul 2017

Rafael Winkler, University of Johannesburg To be human has always meant one thing – since Greco-Roman antiquity at any rate. It has meant to be civilised, that is, having good habits and fine taste, and governing...

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The Mining Charter is not an empowerment code: It must be killed

25 Jul 2017

“A lot of what the charters had set out to achieve could not be measured with a good degree of confidence. For example the famous 26% black ownership target that came with the original Mining Charter...

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Scams to watch out for when travelling

17 Jul 2017

Ujuh Reporter When you travel overseas as a tourist, you are seen as an easy target by potential scammers. So before traveling, take some time and do some research on common travel scams around the world and familiarise yourself with scams...

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ICC judges maintain that South Africa failed its obligation to arrest Omar Al Bashir

7 Jul 2017

PBM South Africa narrowly escaped referral to the Assembly of States Parties or the Security Council of the United Nations after neglecting its duty to apprehend and hand over Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir in 2015 ....

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Bell Pottinger, accused of unethical act, promoting racial hatred, in South Africa

3 Jul 2017

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to the UK-based Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) as well as the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) to lodge formal complaints against Bell Pottinger on allegations that they...

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To sign, or not to sign? That is the question for South African musicians

29 Jun 2017

Tuulikki Pietilä, University of Helsinki There is a persistent narrative in South Africa of famous, bestselling musicians “dying as paupers”. A prime example is Mahlathini, the lead vocalist who performed with the Mahotella Queens, a 1960s...

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Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse guns for President Jacob Zuma

29 Jun 2017

Ujuh Reporter The political woes of South African President Jacob Zuma have just gotten complicated and more slippery with the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) compiling “a case file” against him. The OUTA case may not lead...

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South African Federation of Trade Unions obscenely high executive pays

28 Jun 2017

The South African Federation of Trade Unions is appalled at the report released today by Deloitte accountants, which reveals that the average pay,  salary, of executives in the country’s top 100 companies is now R17.97 million...

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Executive pay of JSE listed companies raises eyebrows: Scantily related to performance

27 Jun 2017

Apart from consistently outstripping inflation, there is little correlation between CEO guaranteed pay and the size and complexity of the organisation they are charged to lead. Ujuh Reporter  Captains of industry are raking in salary increases...

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Tax Season: Preparation will make filing your tax returns a breeze

27 Jun 2017

Ujuh Reporter This year’s Tax Season is about to start which is likely to send many taxpayers into a panic mode, particularly those who will leave things to a last minute rush. It does not have...

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South Africa’s central bank row points to dangerous levels of intolerance

23 Jun 2017

Steven Friedman, University of Johannesburg What kind of financial system is sure to collapse if the central bank cares about people’s well-being? The recommendation by South Africa’s Public Protector that the Reserve Bank’s mandate change, says...

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Pursuing the Bankorp bailout will amount to a wild goose chase

21 Jun 2017

Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town South Africa’s Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, has ignited a flaring grass fire with recommendations around a R1.2bn bailout paid to a local bank between 1986 and 1995. Known as the...

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Absa: Public Protector’s report on Bankorp matter is irrational

21 Jun 2017

Absa Bank has is to challenge in court the Public Protector’s report on the Bankorp bailout due to what it calls numerous misrepresentations and irrational and unreasonable legal conclusions. Here follows Absa’s statement The Public Protector...

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